Yonkers casino guard claims bias over 'gay pride' tattoo

11:30 PM,
Jan. 26, 2013

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Saying co-workers retaliated against her over a gay pride flag tattoo on her arm, an openly gay security officer at Yonkers Raceway is suing the Empire City casino and four supervisors, alleging discrimination.

Suzanne Elizabeth Keceli, 44, of Yonkers, claims in the lawsuit that she has suffered "severe anxiety and depression" after being subjected to a hostile work environment since showing co-workers and supervisors her rainbow flag tattoo last April.

Supervisors told her to cover the tattoo with long sleeves or bandages, she says in the lawsuit filed Jan. 15 in state Supreme Court in ...